The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-30

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the other: NE screamed and trumpeted and
down on his side with crash. which made the
a second instance Of eleph.ntine, ferooity.
CURED on that same trip; Sig Of us were scat n.
snssfed out Of 4 jungle w;hsre he had been ia.
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Torrance. He said the elephant broke cover
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discovered. Then he trumpetod and made
rush. His sudden appearance seemed to strike
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INK along as Il he was seeking to hide ills trail
It was an hour later when reached the spot
That nothing 9TH AZ The men could say would stop me
from entering the thicket in search Of the dc;
str9ysT Joe followed me- bearing and
found the spot where he had stood. for hours.
the horse, but he had quietly sneaked of The
through the forest, leaves broad trail behind
followed on horseback at a galiop. This fellow
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with the utmost care. and selected the hardest
We soon lost him entirely.
spot t where Sp the horse was killed We always
had one guard and 2 couple OF fires. and as
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soon after midnight, the guard awoke me ana
stated that some danger mensced the camp;
men lurking about, and the bullooks seemed
greatly excited, The camp was aroused as
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something was lurking about We were in the
heavy S Tor the king OF beasts. The noise passed
clear around the camp and back. and then all
sna hsn BEING s lay
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three sou9s He had camp
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se placed himself in the shadow Of some
bushes, and the natives, who examined the
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charge q b on and
Broke tho back Of a third who was trying 70
6uilocks. knocking them right and left with his
terrible blows, and lust then got my gun
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three minutes. Fortunately for us ALL some
one had the sense to throw some light brush
blaze This seemed to discomfort the elephant,
and he showed signs OF retreating. In this he
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verely with their stout horns. was dancing
what saw that elephant do. He picked up q
bullock weighing at least 900 pounds. and that
with his trunk alone. and swung him aloft as
He held him in the air q minute. and then
flung him clean over our Cape Colony wagon
heap Of freshly cut grass, and was. but little
injured. I opened on the elephant just as he
flung the bullock. and he at once bolted out Of
scarcely got clear when he stepped into a hole
In the ground, lurched forward, and went down
with a broken leg. Before he could get on his
feet again had given him his death blow. He
had killed three men and four bullocks. and nd
wounded one man and two bullocks, and his
death gave us deem satisfaction.